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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	able_a	pray_v	zion_n	27	3	8.9437	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12381	The sinfull mans search: or seeking of God. Preached by Henrie Smith, and published according to a true corrected copie, sent by the author to an honorable ladie	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22697; ESTC S113756	32,346	94

well imployed in some good studie and holie exercise earlye rising bringeth health to the body and encreaseth the number of thy dayes Seeke therefore and seeke earlie consecrate your selues Nazarites vnto the Lorde touche no vncleane thing giue no prouocation to the flesh Striue with the Cock in watchfulnes and rise with the chirping of the birds sacrifice your bodie a sweet smelling sacrifice vnto the Lord. This sacrifice is like a sacrifice of fine floure it is like the fatte taken from the peace offering yea it is better then any sacrifice it is like the flower of Roses in the spring of the yeere and as the Lillies by the springs of waters and as the branches of Frankensence in the time of Summer and as a vessell of massie gold beset with pretious stones as a faire Oliue that is fruitfull and as the tree that groweth vp to the clowds Hauing spoken of the Search it followeth that I speake of the manner how it is to bee made In prayer by these wordes If thou pray vnto the Almightie I shewed ye before the force of our aduersarie receiue nowe a Sheeld against his force euen the shield of praier Hee is not to be resisted by ringing an hallowed bell not by sprinkling of holy water not by the relikes of saints not by our owne workes merits for these are weapons of his own making but by an earnest seeking to GOD which search and seeking must bee made by prayer against which his poisoned venome taketh no effect It is his mallice that accuseth praier pleadeth thy case before God and repelleth all his accusations for all the prophets doe witnes that whatsoeuer we aske in praier if we beleeue we shal receiue it It is his rage and furie that should terrifie vs nay that prayer that strengthened Sampson to rent a yong Lion as one should haue rent a Kid hauing nothing in his hande shall smite and shutte vp the mouth of this Lion As for his pollicie and walking vp and downe seeking to deuoure vs it cannot preuaile for the prayer of the faithfull shall saue them the Lord shall raise them vp if they haue committed sin it shal be forgiuen them after this conflict ended they shall triumph for euer with Iesus Christ our Sauiour But in any case see you vnite to your praier knowledge that ye be not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods as Saints stockes or stones Then consent that we aske only in the name of Christ Iesus not for any desert of our own for whosoeuer beleeueth in Christ shall haue remission of sins hee shall not perish but haue life euerlasting he shall not come into iudgement but shall passe from death to life Lastlie a confidence which is a certaine perswasion of Gods fauour and mercy towards vs this is that praier of which the Lambe testifieth that whatsoeuer we ask by this praier it shal be giuē to vs by God the father A thing dearly beloued so precious that nothing is more accepted in heauen nothing more gratefull to God a seruice commanded of God himselfe taught by Christ our Sauiour and frequented by the Angels a thing of more force with God then any oration of the eloquent Hast thou not heard how the Sunne stood still in the firmament and was not suffered to run his course Iosua and Ezechias prayed and the Sunne stood still Hast thou not heard of the stopping of the Lyons mouthes Daniell praied and his praier stopped the Lyons greedy and deuouring throtes the waters of Iorden were dryed vp yea the Israelites prayed and the waters stood about them like vnto a wall Hast thou not heard of the deuiding of the red sea the Israelites praied and Hast thou not heard howe the fierie furnace lost his heate the three children prayed and the fier lost his heate Hast thou not heard how the heauens were opened and shut Elyas prayed and the heauens were shutte vp three yeeres Elyas prayed and the clowdes powred downe raine from heauen O sure Fortresse more forcible then anye engine and stronger then the gates of hell and to conclude the sum and substance of all in few words the only thing whereby mortall men haue the clouds and the stars the Angels and all the powers of heauen at commandement For as Deborah sung in her song They fought from heauen euen the starres in their courses fought against Sisera so all creatures haue been subiect to the prayers of the faithfull to reuenge the Lordes quarrell to helpe the Lorde to helpe the Lorde against the mightie Prayer hath euer bin the cognisance the victorie and the triumph of the faithfull for as the soule giueth life to the body so prayer giueth life to the soule O that I could engraue the loue of it in your hearts as with a Diamond and so instill your mindes that my wordes might bee prickes vnto your consciences and thereby giue yee occasion to pray often It is a wonderfull mater to be able to perswade men but if praier be able to perswade the liuing God oh how great is the force therof it goeth through the clowds and ceaseth not till it come neere and will not depart till the most high haue respect therevnto O that you would therfore pray often and learne of Christ the most absolute patterne of our life to pray continually He praied in his baptisme in the wildernesse in preaching in working of miracles in his passion on the mount in the Garden in his last supper in cōmending his spirit to God at al times in al places that he might leaue vnto vs an example of the same It followeth and to pray to the Almightie To those three former reasons which I brought why wee must seeke and pray to God alone I added this as a fourth because there is none so able to help vs as the Lord. He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion If God bee on our side who can be against vs It is God that iustifieth who condemneth The Lord destroieth the counsaile of the Heathen hee maketh their deuises to be of no effect Christ is the Angel of great counsaile wisedome and vnderstanding and there is no deuise against the Lord. The world notwithstanding is come to that frame that euery man hath gotten him a strange kind of beleef Some beleeue not the law but the prophets some be perswaded in the supremacie but not in the sacrament some in free will but not in merit some in inuocation vpon saints but not in purgatorie some in pilgrimages and pardons but not in Images some like the doctrine wel enough but not the preachers the most beleeue little yet many beleeue somwhat few beleeue all therefore to deale plainly because plaine dealing is best you must not beleeue by the halfes I meane you must not repose some trust in God and some in Saints but